Chapter 19

           Itwasachill,damp,windynight,whentheJew:buttoninghisgreat-coattightroundhisshrivelledbody,andpullingthecollarupoverhisearssoascompletelytoobscurethelowerpartofhisface:emergedfromhisden.Hepausedonthestepasthedoorwaslockedandchainedbehindhim;andhavinglistenedwhiletheboysmadeallsecure,anduntiltheirretreatingfootstepswerenolongeraudible,slunkdownthestreetasquicklyashecould.

           ThehousetowhichOliverhadbeenconveyed,wasintheneighborhoodofWhitechapel.TheJewstoppedforaninstantatthecornerofthestreet;and,glancingsuspiciouslyround,crossedtheroad,andstruckoffinthedirectionoftheSpitalfields.

           Themudlaythickuponthestones,andablackmisthungoverthestreets;therainfellsluggishlydown,andeverythingfeltcoldandclammytothetouch.ItseemedjustthenightwhenitbefittedsuchabeingastheJewtobeabroad.Asheglidedstealthilyalong,creepingbeneaththeshelterofthewallsanddoorways,thehideousoldmanseemedlikesomeloathsomereptile,engenderedintheslimeanddarknessthroughwhichhemoved:crawlingforth,bynight,insearchofsomerichoffalforameal.

           Hekeptonhiscourse,throughmanywindingandnarrowways,untilhereachedBethnalGreen;then,turningsuddenlyofftotheleft,hesoonbecameinvolvedinamazeofthemeananddirtystreetswhichaboundinthatcloseanddensely-populatedquarter.

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